Social inequalities in health
Subtitle: new evidence and policy implications
By: edited by Johannes Siegrist and Michael Marmot.
Contributors: Siegrist, Johannes.; Marmot, M. G.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Social medicine; Equality -- Health aspects; Health services accessibility; Medical policy -- Social aspects; Health Services Accessibility -- economics; Health Services Needs and Demand -- economics; Health Status; Public Policy; Socioeconomic Factors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Life course development of unequal health / Chris Power and Diana Kuh; title: The shape of things to come : how social policy impacts social integration and family structure to produce population health / Lisa F. Berkman and Maria Melchior; title: Socio-economic position and health : the role of work and employment / Johannes Siegrist and Töres Theorell; title: Psychobiological processes linking socio-economic position with health / Andrew Steptoe; title: Socio-economic position and health : the role of coping / Margareta Kristenson; title: Socio-economic differences in health : are control beliefs fundamental mediators? / Hans Bosma; title: Aggregate deprivation and effects on health / Frank J. van Lenthe; title: Welfare state regimes and health inequalities / Espen Dahl, Johan Fristzell, Eero Lahelma, Pekka Martikainen, Anton Kunst and Johan P. Mackenbach; title: Socio-economic inequalities in health in western Europe : from description to explanation to intervention / Johan P. Mackenbach.